Combination holder for razor-blade wipers and used razor blades



Oct. 18, 1927. D. P. ORDWAY 1,646,100

COMBINATION HOLDER FOR RAZOR BLADE WIPERS AND USED RAZOR BLADES Filed Ju e 4, 1925 s Sheets-Sheet 1 Oct. 18, 1927. D P ORDWAY 1,646,100

COMBINATION HOLDER FOR RAZOR BLADE WIPERS AND USED RAZOR BLADES Oct. 1

D. P. ORDWAY COMBINATION HOLDER FOR RAZOR BLADE WIPERS AND USED RAZOR BLADES Filed June 4, 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented Get. 18, 192'.

DONALD E. ORDVFAY, 0F BATTLE C31 FEQE.

h'IICHIGABI, ASSIGNGR TO AMIERICAN STAMP- ING CO., 01* BATTLE CREEK, LuICHIGifiI, A CQREORATZON OF MICHIGAN.

COIVIBINATIGII HOL DER. FOP. RAZOR-BLADE VJIPERS AND USED RAZOR BLADES.

Application filed June 4., 1925. Serial No. 34,823.

This invention is a novel combination holder for razor blade wipers and used razor blades. Discarded safety razor blades are extremely dangerous, as they are usually carelessly left iii places where they are liable to injure anyone comii'ig in contact'with them, by cuts or infections, and men frequently carelessly toss them into toilets, etc. entailing great trouble. Also much financial loss is caused yearly by towels being cut and dan'iaged by men wiping safety razor blades thereon.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a novel and conveniently constructed holder for roll paper wipers for razor blades and for used razor safety blades wherein the latter will be kept safely out of the way or" children or others who might be injured thereby.

The accompanying drawings illustrate some practical embodiments of the invention, and I will describe the same with reference thereto. and will summarize in the claims the essentials of the invention, and novel features of construction and novel combinations of parts for which protection is desired.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a combination holder for razor blade wipers and used blades adapted to hold sheets of paper.

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the same adapted to hold a roll of paper.

Figure 3 is a rear view of a holder such as shown in Figures 1 or 2.

Figure 4; is a sectional View 4, Fig. 1.

Figure 5 is a sectional view 55, Fig. 2.

Fi urc 6 is a perspective view of a modifled iorm of combined holder for razor blade wiping paper and used blades.

Figure 7 is a perspective view of the holder, shown in Fig. 6, opened.

Figure 8 is a section on the line 88. Fig. 6.

Figure 9 is a perspective view of another modified form of combination holder.

Figure 10 is a perspective view of the holder shown in Figure 9, opened.

Figure 11 is a perspective view of another form of combination holder.

on the line on the line Figure 12 is a rear perspective View of the holder shown in Fig. 11.

Figure 13 is a section on the line 1313, Fig. 11.

Figure 14 a perspective view of another slight modification of the combination holder.

Figure 15 is a partial perspective view of a still further modification.

As shown in F'gures 1 to 5 the combination holder con'iprises a casing havin end walls 2. front wall 4, top wall 4', ant bottom wall 1 preferably formed of stampings or castings. These several Wall portions might be made of separate pieces of metal united by soldering, welding or otherwise, but I prefer to make the entire casing out of one piece of metal by drawing or casting same.

The top and bottom walls are preferably curved so as to merge with the front wall, and the front wall is also preferably curved at its ends to merge with theedges of the end walls. The casing as a whole presents a neat attractive appearance.

The casing is also provided with a back wall 3 which however is preferably lower than the front wall, so as to leave spaces or openings 3' 3" between the upper edge of the rear wall 3 and the rear edge of the top wall 43, for the purposes hereinafter eX- plained.

The interior of the casing is preferably divided by a vertical partition 5 into a large paper holding compartment P and a smaller used blade holding compartment B. Access can be had to the blade compartment B through the opening 3 above the top of the rear wall 3, and access can be had to the compartment P through the opening 3 above the top of the rear wall 3. Curved corners and arrangementof opening in back of blade compartment B facilitates discharge of used blades. Simply invert casing when removed from wall and blades will slide out without handling thereby preventing cuts and possible infection.-

The larger compartment P is designed to contain paper, which may be sheets of paper as indicated in Figure 4, or a roll of paper, as indicated in Figure 5. The paper may be withdrawn from the compartment P through a slot 4* in the front wall of the casing as indicated in Figures 1 and 2, said slot 4" being formed in the front wall t in a most convenient position for the removal of the paper. i

The holder is adapted to be attached to a wall, or other suitable support, and when so attached the openings 3 and 3'' will be closed by the wall or support and paper can be removed from the compartment P through the slot 4, and used razor blades may be dropped into the compartment through an opening 4 in the top wall 4*.

The holder may be detachably secured to the wall or support in any desired manner; preferably the back wall 3 is provided with key-slots 3" which can be engaged with screws S tapped into the wall or support to which the holder is to be attached, as indicated in Figures 4 and 5. The weight of the combination holder and its contents will insure its engagement with the screws, but it may be readily detached therefrom by raising it until the heads of the screws can pass through the enlarged lower ends of the key-slots.

As shown in Figures 6 to 8,the holder comprising a casing having a bottom 1', end walls 2*,back 3 and a hinged cover 4*. The end walls 2 are approximately shaped like a 90-degree segment of a circle, and the cover 4 is curved so that it will close both the top and front of the box as shown in Figure 6, it being preferably hinged to the top of the back 3 in any suitable manner, as indicated at 4 he cover may be fastened in closed position by any suitable means which will permit itto be opened'when desired. The casing is divided into a large paper compartment and a smaller razor blade compartment by a transverse parti tion 5 which may correspond in shape to the end pieces 2*.

The larger comp artment is designed to contain a roll W of paper, and the free end of the paper may be withdrawn from the compartment through a slot 4 in or near the lower edge of the cover 49 when the latter is closed. The smaller compartment is adapted to contain used safety razor blades. This compartment, like the larger, is closed by. the cover 4 The razor blade may be introduced into this compartment through a slot l int-he cover, as indicated. If desired the smaller compartment may be provided with a curved bottom' plate 6 which will facilitate discharge of the used razor blades from the ;compartmenti when the cover4 is raised. This device is well adapted for the use of roll paper, as indicated at W, and the roll may beplaced in the lar 'er'compartment when the cover is raised. Raising of the cover, as shown in F igure 7, gives access to both the used blade compartment and the paper compartment.

This holder like that in Figs. 1 to 5 may be secured to a wall or other support in any desired manner, and as shown may be attached by screws or nails N which may pass through small apertures or holes drilled or punched in the back wall 3, and to which access may be had when the cover 4" is raised. This holder does not require any spindle to hold the paper roll, as sufiicient space is allowed for the paper to readily unro The holder shown in Figures 9 and 10 is substantially the same as that shown in Figures 6 to 8 but in this case the cover P is provided with a slot4 for the paper above its lower edge, and the curved bottom plate 6 is omitted. The end wall 2 of the blade compartment may be hinged as at 2" in Figs. 9 and 10,'so that when it is desired to remove the blades it can be opened, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 9.

In the holder shown in Figures 11 to 14,

the end walls 2 are approximately semi circular, and the front 4: is also bent to ap proximately semi-cylindrical form and forms both the top, front and bottom of the paper compartment and the used blade compart ment. In this construction the transverse partition 5 approximately conforms in shape to the end walls 2 and divides the casmg into large and small compartments for paper and razor blades respectively (as in Fig. 1),, and the lower portion of the back of the razor blade compartment may be closed by a plate-5 which may be formed integral with the partition 5 see Fig. 12, The front wall 4 has a slot 49* for withdrawing the web W from the 'paper compartment, and'a slot 4 for. the insertion of the waste razor blades into the smaller compartment. This holder like "that shown in Figs. 1 to 5 may have, but does 'not require, a back as it is intended to be attached against a flat surface, such as a. wall. For convenience inattaching the holder the end members 2* may be provided "with flangesEZ provided with key slots 2 by which it can be removably suspended on screws or nails attached to the wall, as indicated in Fig ure ll.

When it is desired to replace a roll of paper, the holders shown in Figs, 1 to 5 and 11 to 14 can be readily detached from the wall, the larger ends of the key slots passing over the heads of the nails or screws, and a new pad or roll of paper, can'be readily inserted in the paper compartment.

As indicated in Figure 15 the small blade compartment might be provided with aslide bottom or drawer? which could be opened to remove the blades atanyltime without having to open the cover 4.

In the construction shown in Figures 1 to 5, and 11 to 14 the used blades can be easily removed from theblade compartment when the device is detached from the wall by inverting same, so that the blades will pass out of the chamber through the opening above the back wall 3 or plate 5 The construction shown in Figure 14- is similar to that in Figure 11 except that in this case the plate P has a flange 4' on its upper edge, which may be provided with key slots t to engage the retaining pins or screws.

The holders shown in Figures 1 to 5 and 11 to M are practically one-piece construc tions, so far as the exterior casings are concerned, and the partitions can be welded in, making practically unitary constructions.

I do not limit my invention to the exact form shown in the drawings, for obviously changes may be made therein within the scope of the claims.

1 claim:

1. A holder for paper and used razor blades, comprising a casing having an internal transverse partition dividing it into a paper compartment and a used blade compartment, and having an opening in its front wall for removal of paper from the paper compartment, and a slot in its front wall for introducing blades into the used blade compartment; said casing also having a larger opening into the paper compartment for in troducing paper therein; and also having an opening into the blade compartment for removing blades therefrom.

2. A holder for blade wipers and used razor blades comprising a casing having an internal partition dividing it into a compartment for paper, and a compartment for used razor blades, said casing having end members, and a front member closing both the compartments, and having a slot in the front member for the withdrawal of paper from the paper compartment, and a slot for the insertion of used blades into the blade compartment; said casing having its rear wall provided with an opening through which used blades may be removed from the blade compartment.

3. A holder for blade wipers and used razor blades comprising a casing having an internal partition dividing it into a compartment for paper, and a compartment for used razor blades, said casing having end members, and a front member closing both the compartments, and having a slot in the front member for the withdrawal of paper from the paper compartment, and a slot for the insertion of used blades into the blade mmpartment; and a rear all closing said compartments, and provided with an open ing for the entry of paper into the paper compartment. and an opening whereby used blades may be discharged from the blade compartment.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I atfix my signature.

DONALD P. ORDWAY. 

